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¶ … nine stages of the health cycle in Paul's ministry. Other than catalyst, what other leadership style did Paul possess? Explain what it meant in the circular community for Paul to hold the coats of those who stoned Stephen.
At the beginning of Paul's ministry, Paul was not a follower of Jesus, but a persecutor of the early Christian community. He stood by during the stoning of Stephen and guarded the coats of the men who killed this Apostle. However, Paul became an Apostle himself. Because of his conversion on the Road to Damascus, when he was literally blinded by the light, Paul changed his life. In his former life he was known as Saul. "Saul, who was also called Paul" was restored in his vision, and embarked upon a new existence (Acts 13: 9). His spiritual journey came 'full circle' and Christians, in the spirit of forgiveness, accepted him despite his past transgressions.
Thus Paul was redeemed, and became the greatest preacher to the gentiles. "Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the...
To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law" (I Corinthians 9: 19-21). Paul sought to bring Jesus to people outside of his immediate community. His words proved to be equally as important as those of the other apostles in shaping how Christians conceived of themselves and proved to be particularly influential upon shaping the direction of Protestant Christianity, the 'religion of the book' of Martin Luther that stressed justification by faith alone.
As part of his role as a preacher, Paul also took an active role in defining what constituted true Christianity. He preached to the gentiles that it was not necessary to convert to Judaism, that all were one in Christ Jesus. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3: 28). He set standards of morality for the new community in his letters to the Galatians, Roman, and Corinthian communities, amongst others. For example, in condemning social divisions…
Question: Why are we shown the rear of the horse so predominantly? Life is ordinary -- even during seismic events there is always humor, ugliness, and the everyday -- and the rear ends of animals. A horse in the Bible had the same basic anatomy as a horse today! The perspective is slightly distorted, to reflect Saul's own confused view of the world, and also the two other protagonists' view of
It was more important for Saul to be baptized than to eat and therefore, spirituality is more important that even physical life. Next, the Book of Acts stated "He stayed some time with the disciples in Damascus. Without delay he proclaimed Jesus publicly in the synagogues, declaring him to he the Son of God. All those who heard were astounded." (Acts 9.20-21) It is no wonder that those who heard Saul,
Christian Conversion Many conversions always happen in the world of religion and theology. The existence of different religious teachings and mainframes necessitates that people make choices of one of the many of these groups. Christianity is one of the religious movements with teachings directed at meeting the specific standards of living as written in the Bible. The followers and teachers of this gospel seek to convince and sustain individuals as
Paul's First Missionary Journey The conversion of Paul from Saul on his way to Damascus marked the beginning of his evangelical work. Paul and Barnabas were believers in the newly established church in Antioch of Syria. They received the calling from God while in church praying alongside leaders of the church. Paul was dogmatic, without proper strategy and planning for his missionary journey. The first missionary journey of Paul Paul's first missionary journey began at Antioch
Paul The Apostle Paul (formerly Saul of Tarsus) is arguably the most influential member of the early Christian church outside of Jesus himself, because Paul's teaching and missionary work laid the social and theological foundations for the worldwide religion known as Christianity. Not only did Paul expand and refine Jesus' message, he carried this message to a much wider audience than ever before, preaching to Jews and Gentiles alike while traveling
Faith and Reason Paper Introduction Faith starts in the mind and moves to the will. Aquinas is one of the most well-known scholastics to make that argument.[footnoteRef:2] The mind must consent to the truths of the faith and the heart and mind must then act in unison to bear that faith out in one’s life. This is why the scholastics argued that faith rested on reason—for people are rational beings and need